The ZIMBABWE Situation March 2012 ARCHIVE
Batch 2 Posted 31/3/12
Gono Profiteered - DRC Envoy
Magistrate throws out Gwisai community service appeal
ZANU PF thugs assault MDC-T activists in Sanyati
Diamond output surges at Rio's Zim unit
Cash-flush buyers fuel boom for new Harare mansions
Zimbabwe probes thefts of donated text books after massive UNICEF program to re-equip schools
Mismanagement bleeds NRZ
Family want Mujuru body exhumed
Activists ‘hopeful’ ahead of Zim torture ruling
SA bank withholds funding for dual highway
SA To Start Deportations For Zimbabweans Soon - Ambassador
Lawmaker Masaiti Speaks Out as Debate on New Marriage Regulations Continues
Kubatana’s Freedom Fone open source project wins award
Lupane police arrest NGO officer for conducting life skills workshop
Politicians erode public trust
US, local NGO partner to contain child abuse in Shurugwi
MISA-Zimbabwe: Veteran journalist’s memoirs launched
Tsvangirai Statement to Water summit
Court Watch 6/2012 OF 29th March [Constitutional Cases]
Posted 31/3/12
Mugabe election plans in disarray
Hurungwe protests Chiyangwa’s election
NCA snubs MDC-T advocacy campaign
Voters still haunted by spectre of 2008 polls
No investors for new Air Zimbabwe
Zesa bill scam: A mirror on the abuse of power
Shamva case a tip of police brutality iceberg
Mayors slam Chombo
Inputs scam: GMB bosses summoned
‘SA values Zim trade’
Govt sets out to finalise Essar deal
Govt refuses to pay for mining shares
Govt’s new debt policy: Will this one do the trick?
Infrastructure critical to Zim economy
MuckRaker: Savanhu is a sore loser in the extreme
Erich Bloch Column: Wage negotiations: The stalemate continues
Govt’s debt strategy could come unstuck
Polls: Contenders, pretenders and no-hopers
Zim needs new constitution before the next elections
Posted 30/3/12
Zimbabwe court says no foul play in Mujuru mystery death
Zimbabwe’s New Constitution Two-Plus Years Behind Schedule
ZANU PF’s “Top Six” terror gang returns to Chinhoyi
Judgement reserved in Zim torture case
Key army and CIO figures helping Mugabe stay in power: Part 2
Grain loan scheme rocked by corruption in Manicaland
Governing Parties Agree on Devolution as Constitution Process Drags On
Indigenisation Minister eyes takeover of Masvingo firms
Tsvangirai Was Warned About Housing Deal
Tsvangirai Asks Britain To Remove Sanctions
Mugabe appeals to the EU to remove sanctions
Zanu (PF) Youths Convicted for Exortion
Violent Mugabe henchman escapes jail despite fraudulently earning £151,000 working illegally in Britain as a CARER
State to appeal against leniency of Gwisai sentence
U.S. health agency intensifies typhoid fever outbreak investigation
MDC MP Drags Zanu (PF) Chief To Jomic
Air Zimbabwe Summons Flight Crew
The MDC Today – Issue No. 328
Mugabe’s pleas for peace: falling on deaf ears?
Chipangano must be stopped and disbanded
‘Do diplomatic ties trump human rights?’
Small steps in fixing Zimbabwe
Posted 29/3/12
Key army and CIO figures helping Mugabe stay in power: Part 1
Hearing begins in Zimbabwe torture case
‘NPA failed in duty to probe crimes in Zim’
Zim torture victims protest at landmark SA court case
ZPF’s violent Chipangano gang running “parallel Council” in Harare
Education Ministry Probes Resale of UNICEF-Donated School Books
Zimbabwe to cut back on hangings
Zimbabwe Militia Linked to President Mugabe Ban Lawmakers From Constituencies
Lawmakers Finally Cleared To Visit Controversial Diamond Fields
Food situation in prisons is critical
Magistrate in ‘no show’ to hear Gwisai appeal
20 pupils share desk in Matabeleland North: Coltart
Sugar, Mine Companies Risk Govt Take Over
Unity Partners Spar Over Vacant Parliamentary Seats
AG appeals against prosecutors
Mugabe ‘hijacks’ Chamisa project
Mugabe received Gaddafi gown from criminal
Zanu PF resists skills audit
Minister Says Stanbic Bank Agrees to Set Up Wealth Fund For Poor Youth
Zim women shortlisted for award
Transcript of Betty Makoni on Question Time
Revolution hits Zimbabwe's theatres
How to steal elections – Zimbabwe style
Sanctions: the West’s most generous gift to Zanu (PF)
Wade’s early admission of defeat - what lessons for Mugabe?
Bill Watch 13/2012 of 27th March [List of 2011 Acts: ]
Bill Watch 14/2012 of 28th March [Human Rights Commission Bill now at Committee Stage with Amendments]
Posted 28/3/12
S.African court hears Zimbabwe torture case
Prosecutor ‘swaps sides’ in Harare rights case
SA urged to separate politics and law in Zim torture case
Rio Tinto mulls Murowa sell-off
Zimbabwe shortlists bids for enlarging power plants
Prosecutors delaying hearing of Gwisai appeal
COPAC working on final draft of constitution
Internet problems persist in Zimbabwe
Zanu PF plans by-election ambush
Harare seeks US$100 million to fix water problems
MDC-T Is Good At Campaigning Not Governing –Bennett
Shamva murder: Cops face death
Chombo, councillors clash
Students condemn police crackdown
TN to launch Cattle Bank
Zimbabweans Hail Senegal Election as President Wade Concedes Defeat in Run-Off
PM Cameron Articulates Vision for Free & Fair Elections in Zimbabwe
The MDC Today – Issue No. 327
In the Twilight of His Rule, Mugabe Wants All the Marbles Back
Bill Watch 12/2012 of 26th March [Update on the Clerk of Parliament Case]
Posted 27/3/12
Zimbabwe activists appeal conviction, sentences for Arab Spring video session
‘Extraordinary’ twist in SA, Zim torture trial
Outrage over hefty allowances for ZESA executives
More investment inroads from China into Zimbabwe
Bank blamed in GMB rot
Shamva cop attacks fuelled by illegal gold deal gone bad
Proposal For Parliament In Bulawayo Tabled
Zanu PF interference ruining parastatals
NRZ gives govt restructuring ‘headache’
Energy Minister Promises Improvement Soon in Delivery
ZANU PF youth militia removed from government payroll
Donated school books being sold in Harare streets
Zim's Russian Embassy Not Paying Rent, Faces Eviction
Zesa scam divides government
Call for govt to introduce human rights education
Parks authority says Trump sons' hunt legal
Mobile Phone, Internet Use Increasing
The man behind bid to thwart Zimbabwe torture probe
Celebrating a Fearless Human Rights Defender, Jenni Williams
Hanging On to Dollars in Zimbabwe
Robert Mugabe, Britain and the agony of Zimbabwe
Zimbabwean Exile Makes ‘A Thousand Pieces of Joy’
Batch 2 Posted 26/3/12
Mumbengegwi airlifted from strife torn Mali
15 dead, 28 injured in Nyanga bus crash
US Ambassador Condemns Selective Application of Law
Lupane Police Stop Tsvangirai Peace Rally
Zanu-PF youth militia will no longer be paid by government
Minister attacks ‘embarrassing’ AG
Diamond case exposes Mpofu
Mudenge suffers head injuries after bull attack
Defiant Miners Face Arrest : Kasukuwere
Ex-top spy fights CIO
Anger over dramatic surge in mining fees
Gono and Biti bury the hatchet
Biti meets Mugabe to discuss diamond revenue
The gloves are off as indigenisation crusade gains clout
Why SA should prosecute Zimbabwe's torturers-in-chief
Zimbabwe: What went wrong?
Call their bluff – Zimbabwe Vigil Diary: 24th March 2012
Bill Watch - Parliamentary Committees Series - 23rd March 2012 [Meetings Open to Public 26th to 29th March]
Posted 26/3/12
Arrest of corrupt officials imminent: Tsvangirai
‘Ghost workers gobble US$50m’
Chitungwiza group fights youth delinquency
Massive fuel scam unearthed in Mutare
Zuma not coming to Zimbabwe soon – advisor
Tollgate fees victory for chiefs
Mujuru inquest magistrate runs over mechanic
Maluleke eats humble pie
Gwisai: Rebel without cause or workers’ champion?
Time to revive agricultural sector
Gwisai case: Another example of Zanu PF’s desperate tactics
Transparency can help curb diamond looting
New approach needed to empowerment
Posted 25/3/12
Zimbabwe foreign minister stranded in Mali after coup
Mugabe will cling to power until the last, says minister
Chinese diamond miner ups wages to end Zimbabwe strike
Police Chief, Cabinet Ministers Implicated in Farming Inputs Scandal
Zimbabwe Threatens To Seize Stakes in Mining Firms for Free
Heads to roll at ZESA
Zanu PF Politicise Food Distribution
Murambatsvina victims still in abject poverty
Mugabe Should Clear Confusion On BAZ: MISA
Killer cops: Scores descend on Bindura Court
Mugabe told Obert Mpofu demanded US$10 million bribe: court
Zimbabwe, AU States behind Mali coup?
Mugabe meets another Chinese delegation, again
Bulawayo City Council Set To Establish A College
‘Zimdollar depositors to wait a little longer’
Corruption, acrimony between police and combi crews . . .Blame it all on the uniformed forces
Zimbabwe’s first black Rhodes scholar
Interview: South Africa - Zimbabwean prosecutions?
How erratically the rule of law operates in Zimbabwe
Headstones in the golden grass
Batch 2 Posted 24/3/12
MDC-T Chief of Staff speaks out on home raid by police
Concern for Chiredzi farmers as invaders intensify intimidation
Information Minister says no to media reforms
Mugabe attacks Mangoma over leak of ZESA bills
British PM Cameron Pledges to Push for Free Elections in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe group investigating hunt by Trump's sons
US puts pressure on India over Marange gems
ZESA to ease load-shedding: Mangoma
Prosecution case against MFL leaders ‘shaky’
Zim Judiciary Extremely Polarised: Crisis Coalition
Mugabe Says Gov't to Prioritize Water Provision
Water Situation Dire in Many Parts of Zimbabwe as World Marks Water Day
Zim-SA to Hold Trade Investment Seminar
Two court appearances and an arrest
MISA-Zimbabwe appeal for President Mugabe’s intervention on BAZ’s legal status
Tortured soldier fights Mnangagwa
Zimbabwe’s Mopani Worms Disappearing from Rural Diets
Posted 24/3/12
Mugabe fumes over Zesa bill
Bigwigs under probe over inputs scam
Zanu PF factions battle in district polls
Tycoon Shanfari threatens to close Independent
River Ranch feud rages on
Exhume Mujuru, demands family
Zanu PF woos young voters
Bribes, kick-backs in NSSA property acquisitions
‘Govt has no treaty record’
Law Society reads its members the riot act
Local contractors let us down –– Zinwa
Rampant graft: Govt takes business as usual stance
Zimplats takeover far from a done deal
Govt tackles US$9,1b external debt overhang
No going back to Zim dollar –– Biti
Broadacom: Telecoms’ new player
Civil servants drown in microfinance loans
Zim’s liquidity crisis easing — Biti
Zimbabwe faces acute hunger, starvation
MuckRaker: We’re more alarmed by you Cde Chombo
Erich Bloch Column: The pursuit of bank stability in Zim
Inconsistency dents human rights drive
Devolution is the way to go
Independent Comment: Policy certainty critical element
Editor’s Memo: We’re living in a police state
Candid Comment: Of Tony Blair, good governance and baboons
Posted 23/3/12
Gwisai to appeal against sentence
Gwisai Vows to Fight Dictatorship in Zimbabwe
Ruling sets fear among civic groups
Zimbabwe justice system in intensive care
Shamu defies PM on media reforms
Attorney General protecting Chombo and Kasukuwere from arrest
Workers continue strike at diamond fields
Villagers Complain Diamond Mining Companies Polluting Water Sources
Israeli pilot accused of trying to smuggle £1.5m diamonds out of Zimbabwe
PM Tsvangirai meets Cameron
One death in “revenge attacks” by police in Shamva
Police raid senior MDC official’s Harare home
MDC-T suspends Marondera Mayor over ZANU PF links
Defaulting Cabinet Ministers Negotiate to Settle Huge Electricity Bills
Magistrate foils bid to evict Murambatsvina victims
Chaos rocks AAG leadership
Zimbabwe launches debt clearance strategy
Zanu PF youth arrested over threat
MDC-T ‘astounded’ by High Court ruling on bail application
South African High Court To Hear Zimbabwe Torture Case
UNICEF salvages Zimbabwe’s Education sector
Zimbabwe yet to conclude sale terms with miner Zimplats
Binga women in Zimbabwe make history on the Zambezi River
Press Release:THIRD WAY SOLUTION TO ZIMBABWE POLITICAL CROSSROADS
Good news from Zimbabwe for a change
What will get Zimbabwe back on track?
Corruption has become the norm in Zimbabwe
Is Welfare Trust another Chipangano?
Posted 22/3/12
Gwisai and others slapped with a two year suspended sentence
International Outrage Over Conviction of Activists
Amnesty International: Sentencing of activists a 'setback' for freedom of expression
Action Alert: Gwisai +5 found guilty for watching videos
Three die in ‘revenge attacks’ by police in Shamva
8 police officers arrested over Shamva killing
Shamva murder: Wife speaks
Police recant testimony in Siwela trial
Coltart says he had nothing to do with tender for textbooks
DA, Police, CIO rapped for causing confusion in the timber plantations
Zimbabwe says plans $100 mln infrastructure bond
Police refuse to recognise Chinese products
Diaspora urges SADC not to cross Zim election ‘red lines’
Mpofu told to face court in ongoing fraud case
Bulawayo Council cuts water at ZANU PF HQ
Empowerment law poorly crafted: PM
Zanu PF Using Empowerment Law As Vote Catching Gimmick: Admits Kasukuwere
Journo Refutes Chipangano Links, Describes Reports as False and Malicious
Rogue Zanu PF youths go berserk
Botswana President Khama Says Zimbabwe Instability Concern for Region
Farmers Engage Zimbabwe Power Utility Over Huge Outstanding Bills
Journalism Fraternity Thrown Into Mourning as Three Scribes Die in One Day
Clients worried about bank
Conditions for elections: Norton residents speak out
Katsande urges govt to stand against greed, corruption
Radio Dialogue Denied Procession Clearance
Transcript of Tendai Biti on Question Time
PM Tsvangirai dismayed at human rights activists’ conviction
MDC 99, Job Sikhala Communiqué to political and civic groups in Cape Town 20th March 2012
MDC99: Comment on Coltart tender scandal allegations
Posted 21/3/12
Prosecution wants maximum sentence for Gwisai
URGENT ACTION: For Zimbabwe political prisoners
SA Civic Groups Call for Gwisai’s Freedom
We are all Munyaradzi Gwisai
Farmers warn that Zim agriculture is in ‘major crisis’
Rival ZANU PF factions square off in front of journalists
Cops kill mine worker
MLF Leaders' Trial Opens, Key Witness Rebuffs Police Claims
Court Throws Out Chief’s Bid To Attach PM’s Property
Zim, Iran ties questioned as SA launches ‘sanctions busting’ probe
Kurotwi case: Mpofu to testify
Diaspora prepares for third ‘Free Zim’ protest
VIPs confirm Zesa bills
Power cut hits Mugabe office, city
Parliament Told Country Failing to Utilize Harvested Water
Biti is The Best Finance Minister Ever: Mugabe
MDC Probes Graft in Local Authorities Under Its Leadership
Zimbabwe's Toll Highway Operator To Review Exemption List
Church service for missing rights activist Paul Chizuze
Zim youth seek two million signatures to stop elections
Using food rations to rebuild infrastructure
Radio Dialogue denied permission for free the airwaves procession
Southern African countries losing grip on democratic gains
MDC condemns police brutality in Shamva
Prime Minister Tsvangirai dismayed at human rights activists’ conviction
Bill Watch 11/2012 of 20th March [Coming up in Parliament This Week]
Bill Watch 10/2012 of 19th March [No Banning of NGOs: ZANU-PF No to Private Members' Bills: Last Week in Parliament]
Posted 20/3/12
6 Convicted for Watching Arab Spring News in Zimbabwe
Zimbabweans found guilty of watching Arab Spring videos
Don’t allow Mugabe to steal another election, says man he beat last time
No sign of Zuma as election fears rise
Gono’s US$800,000 phone bill
Outrage over top government ZESA defaulters
Robert Mugabe and wife Grace owe £220,000 to Zimbabwe's failing power firm
Media ‘Hangman’ Mahoso Threatens Media houses
Bail hearing for 29 MDC-T activists postponed for 7th time
The MDC Will Fire Unprofessional Police Once in Power : Bhebhe
Copac stuck on traditional leaders
Chiefs to run mines - Cde Kasukuwere
Zimbabwe writes off a third of maize crop, deficit looms
Ticking health time bomb in Harare, Zimbabwe
Zanu PF blasts ICC for convicting Lubanga
Zimbabwe business grab scares investors
Lack Of Funding Slows Zimbabwe's Fibre Optic Cable Project
Young Britons ‘at risk’ in Zimbabwe scheme
Diamonds sold through opaque structure: Mpofu
Zimbabwe To Announce New Diamond and Mining Policy
Will prices collapse as Mugabe’s generals loot Marange?
Zim activists in danger of unlawful prison sentences – release them now!
Mugabe is not popular at all
Miss Alex Duval Smith is ill informed about Zimbabwe
Bill Watch - Parliamentary Committees Series - 16th March 2012 [Meetings Open to Public 19th to 22nd March]
Batch 2 Posted 19/3/12
MDC-T refuses to be cowed into early election
SADC standing up to Mugabe
Zimbabwe linked to Iran sanctions busting
Mugabes owe R3m to power supplier
Industry wants Zesa board fired
Zimbabwe invites Indian investment in infrastructure, mining
Gono sued over massive phone bill
Audit reveals rot at GMB
Former AG calls for repeal of Aippa, Posa
Noczim property faces hammer over $1m debt
Roadblocks provoke storm
Farmers, war vets swindled of millions
Zimbabwe orders mining firms to bank locally: paper
Zimplats 51% will ‘cost far more than expected’
Gono Unleashes Snipers on Kereke
Mbare, Zimbabwe's Riskiest Suburb - National Study
The friends in his corner
UK supports ‘brutal and corrupt dictatorship’ – Zimbabwe Vigil Diary: 17th March 2012
Posted 19/3/12
Mugabe, Zanu PF desperate as time runs out: analysts
Chiefs breach constitution, sing for their supper
Rights commission: Another stillbirth
Zanu PF deaf, sets up ground for June polls
Biti, Mpofu tussle over diamond revenue
Church service for missing human rights activist
Senator fears for his life
Ncube urges use of social media to grow brands
Chiyangwa bounces back in Mash West
Anglicans saga: Police ban gatherings by Kunonga’s rivals
Zanu PF wants Andy Brown declared hero
Local banks get lifeline
Mining firm, govt in crunch talks over indigenisation
‘Imported Japanese cars radiation-free’
‘Adopting Chinese yuan long overdue’
Mugabe stance on devolution misleading
Sunday View: Let’s all play our part in preserving the water table
Standard Comment: Zesa denials shield electricity looters
From the Editor's desk: Mugabe finds new spin doctor: Alex Duval Smith
Posted 18/3/12
'No foul play' in Zimbabwe general's death
Mujuru Inquest Results a Mockery: Family Lawyer
Kasukuwere now toxic
Central Bank Governor Urges Distressed Firms to Occupy Ministers' Offices
Minister Shamu A Hindrance to Media Reforms: MDC-T
MDC Says Mugabe Blocking Legislative Reforms
Sanctions Hamper Zim's Weapons Purchases: Sekeramayi
Norwegian Red Cross funds $217 000 warehouse
More Zesa VIP debtors shamed
Chinese face fresh allegations over animal abuse
Zuma visit long overdue
Buckets and batteries
Batch 2 Posted 17/3/12
Mugabe's shock $350 000 Zesa bill
Police defiant over roadblocks
Researcher arrested for interviewing victims of 2008 violence
WOZA leader released after ‘shock’ two day detention
Mujuru inquest findings out, but not public
Govt criticised for ‘hypocrisy’ over Transfrontier Conservation Park
Attorney General Clears MDC T MP On Charges Of Embezzling Development Funds
Mangoma dates Mozambique
UK boosts Zim basic education
Activists Sue Ministers and Police Chief, Alleging Torture
Unity Gov't Divided Over Municipal Probe Team Costing Residents Thousands
MDC-led Bulawayo Municipality Rattled by Chombo Corruption Probe
Mugabe is Air Zimbabwe's last man flying
Zanu (PF) Double Standards Exposed, Launches Election Campaign On Twitter
UK music concert to raise money for conservation task force
Zimbabwe's inflation figures don't add up
Zimbabwe needs up to $1bn cash to compensate Implats fairly
Zimbabwe to repossess idle mining claims
Archbishop of Canterbury resigns: the row over gay bishops and the Anglican Covenant
MDC bail hearing postponed for 6th time
Ben Freeth speech to Royal Geographical Society
As the Dust Settles on the Limpopo River
How Mugabe won over a nation – again
Zanu PF’s protection of Rushwaya on Asiagate scandal shameful
SADC lapse deals Nigeria a prized ace
Peace Watch: Mbare
Diaspora Diaries with Stephen Lewis co-director of AIDS-Free World
A toxic mix
Posted 17/3/12
Ministers protect diamond barons
Mujuru stumbles in succession race
Dimaf: Gono urges protests over funds
ZSE, Sec clash again
NSSA exposure to local banks up to US$200m
Matinenga blasts Tomana
River Ranch mine denies fall-out with Mujurus
Zanu PF divided over fate of draft constitution
BAZ defers issuing of radio licences
Devolution is what the people want –– Moyo
Risk of getting cancer from water grows
Constitution: GPA exposes Mugabe’s poll duplicity
There are no sanctions on Zim –– EU envoy
MuckRaker: Deifying Mugabe is taking it too far!
Eric Bloch Column: The realities of devolution
Independent Comment: Liquidity crisis or credit crunch?
Editor’s Memo: Zimplats grab may be a pyrrhic victory
Candid Comment: What next after Zimplats’ ‘indigenisation’?
Posted 16/3/12
ZANU PF MPs resolve to block parliamentary debate
Moz cuts power to Zimbabwe
Mozambique denies cutting Zimbabwe power over debts
Abuse of food aid in Gwanda by alleged CIO operative
Inside Zimbabwe's controversial Marange diamond field
Don't indigenise banks - Gono
Banking sector indigenised: Biti
Corruption Commission to continue arrests of constituency fund looters
US shipping agents foil coin imports
Why Iran wants to beef up Zimbabwe’s military
United Kingdom commits $15 million for the education of Zimbabwean orphans
Mujuru family demands inquest findings
Tsvangirai has 66 percent popularity rating - latest poll
Zimplats cave-in expected to bring other firms to heel
Zimplats capitulation props up Mugabe's election campaign
Defence team frustrated with delays in MDC murder case
UK slammed for ‘supporting’ Mugabe regime with gap year scheme
Fate of human rights activist remains unknown
Zimbabwe prisoners need 'sex gadgets' to curb urges, senator says
Harare Hospital buys water (with comments)
5 southern African countries form the world’s biggest wildlife conservation area
Zimbabwe: who’s next for ‘localisation’?
Doubts over door-to-door testing campaign
ZCTF Report -March 2012
Why Zanu PF Wants Elections Yesterday
MDC Will Not Budge:( A reply to Jonathan Moyo)
State on “fishing expedition” as charges against MDC members crumble
Zanu PF Crime in Zimbabwe
Court Watch 5/2012 of 14th March [Update on (1) Glen View 29 Murder Trial; (2) State v Gwisai and Others]
Posted 15/3/12
Zimbabwe finance minister says there is no money for elections this year
Zimbabwe government may 'close without diamond money'
Implats tells Zimbabwe to pay up before it gets stake
Zanu PF buoyed by Implats capitulation
Full compensation ‘unlikely’ after Implats indigenisation deal
Pressure builds on SADC to enforce rule of law
Ben Freeth launches charity for father-in-law killed in Zimbabwe
Journalists arrested for investigating pollution from Chiadzwa
PM Tsvangirai Threatens to Name and Shame Under-Performing Ministers
Attorney General Halts Corruption Probe Targeting Senior Govt Officials
Fight over thieving ministers
Unity Gov't Divided Over Municipal Probe Team Costing Residents Thousands
Councils force NGOs to pay illegal fees: Civicus
ZCTU disgusted by extent of corruption at NSSA
Elderly battle as government promises help but cannot pay
Gwisai and activists suing Home Affairs Ministers over torture
Bail application for 29 MDC members set for Thursday
Zim Journalists Kick Out From Parliament Thwarted
Mugabe regime seeking support from rogue states ahead of elections
>Zimbabwe Lifts Ban on Used Vehicles But Japanese Cars Face Threat Over Contamination
Mugabe’s promotion of 8 colonels to brigadier generals uncalled for
Rejection of Zimbabwe is the only course of action
Transcript of Harare Mayor on Question Time: Part 2
We need more than a new constitution
Disenchantment
Tendai Biti on the state of the economy
Constitution Watch of 13th March 2012 [Progress on COPAC's Review of the First Draft]
Posted 14/3/12
Zimbabwe, Implats agree on 51 pct stake transfer
EU pushing for ‘re-engagement’ with Zimbabwe
Ministers up for theft
Tsvangirai Dismisses Tomana Attempts to Protect Thieving MPs
Prison is now for the poor: judge
Air Zim not profitable - Goche
Cabinet Resolves to Revive Debt-Ridden National Airline
Police do nothing to stop Chipangano violence
Scandalous salaries for Chitungwiza municipality ‘revival’ team
New wave of global Zimbabwe protests
Zim Youth Seek Two Million Signatures To Stop Elections
Civil Society Groups Threaten ‘No-Vote’ Campaign Over Devolution
Trial of MDC members fails to kick-off as defence asks for time to file
Why Mugabe Cannot Fire Gono - Wiki Leaks
Govt Turns Down Application For Gukurahundi Monument
UN slammed for ‘silence’ on Zim political rape
Detained young mother wins award
Drug dealers in South Africa turn to cigarette smuggling, says revenue service
Govt stalls church plans
Donald Trump's Sons Awesome At Killing Elephants And Other Wildlife
herzimbabwe: Women’s web portal launched today
NGO job vacancies in Zimbabwe
Roy Bennett on Face Book
President Tsvangirai’s statement to the Parliament of Zimbabwe
Bill Watch 9/2012 of 12th March [Both Houses Resume: Human Rights and Electoral Bills Waiting]
Posted 13/3/12
Zim, EU set to resume talks
Air Zimbabwe holdings disbanded
Air Zimbabwe leases Airbus A320
Information minister silent as media reform deadline passes
Tomana under fire over CDF
Civil society groups express concern over diamond proceeds
Diamond mining benefits unseen in Zimbabwe
MDC condemns violent disruptions of rallies
Australia special forces in Zimbabwe
UN Tourism Boss Heads For Zim
Cop murder trial fails to kick-off
Breakthrough in fight to restore Southern Africa rights court
Zanu PF plot to arrest PM exposed
Fighting intensifies over ‘Solomon’s mine’
‘Army officials must stay away from politics’
Villagers isolated and stranded
MISA-Zimbabwe Communique on the most open public institutions
Round 3: March 21 Zimbabwe Global Action
A Line in the Sand
2012 - The year of the New Diamond Mining Act
Batch 2 Posted 12/3/12
Attorney General widens CDF abuse probe
Zuma's next visit provokes political storm in Harare
Chiefs Are Corrupt: Nkomo
Zanu-PF Youths in Court for Extortion
Mugabe Will Never Die: Chivaura
'Mugabe's R1million whisky'
Sparks fly over devolution
Chipangano crushes MDC rally
Call for reforms 'Zimbabwe people's agenda not MDC's'
Mnangagwa mobilises rogue States ahead of polls
Zimbabwe calls for increased defense cooperation with Iran
Air Zim workers' jobs on the line
Fears grow after missed deadline for constitution
No Sign of Changes as Zimbabwe Information Minister Defies Media Reform Deadline
Viewers to cough up more for luxury of satellite TV
Tsvangirai slams Daily News
Asiagate: 20 players interviewed
Zim's Saviour an enigma
Rape a Mugabe weapon – Zimbabwe Vigil Diary: 10th March 2012
Court Watch 4/2012 of 9th March [MDC-T Activists Face Murder Trial : State v Madzore and Others]
Bill Watch - Parliamentary Committees Series - 9th March 2012 [Meetings Open to Public 12th to 15th March]
Posted 12/3/12
MDC-T threatens to rule alone
Zanu PF chefs plan to grab ethanol project
‘Replace chiefs with qualified personnel’
Zanu PF politburo member seeks police protection
‘Targets fuel police corruption’
Zanu PF trying to influence constitution drafters—MDC-T
Mayor threatens to spill the beans
MDC-T director general sues party activist
Minister blasts governor over NGOs’ ban
Mugabe not God-given, says PM
Jail-bird accused of stealing from warden
More firms apply for radio, tv licences
CFU, BAZ join to stimulate investment
Let sanity prevail in Marange: Civil society
Govt mulls new plan to rescue ethanol project
Nkomo right to censure chiefs
Mugabe must walk the talk on call against violence
Let’s cast away mumbo-jumbo of Satanism
Posted 11/3/12
AG Ordered to Reinstate Dismissed Prosecutors
Zanu PF youth group plans to eject Chinese
Minister Wants Grain Executives Fired For Spoiling 50,000 Tonnes of Maize
Sable shutdown threatens winter cropping
Zuma to caution Mugabe
Stalemate over PM post
Chief Negomo To ‘Ambush’ Tsvangirai
‘NGO ban sadistic, evil’
Mugabe gifted worn Gaddafi gown
Rushwaya lawyers seethe at trial delay
A Way To Save The Rhino, Just Not Its Horn
Key political risks to watch in Zim
A national disgrace!
Soggy letters
Batch 2 Posted 10/3/12
Government tour of Zimbabwe’s diamond fields fails to sway human rights activists
African Commission prepared to consider application for reinstatement of SADC Tribunal
SPT-Zimbabwe Update No.4. March 2012: The Shadow of Elections
Tsvangirai says reforms essential before next polls
GPA Was Never About Writing A New Constitution: - Mugabe
Draft constitution 'nearly complete'
Copac completes review of 18 chapters
Information Minister summoned to explain defiance on media reforms
Mugabe presence leads to police assaults in Bulawayo
No need for land audit: Mutasa
Residents cry foul over electricity disconnections
Zimbabwe – last to leave, never mind turning off the lights – they’re already off
Mnangagwa anointmented Mugabe's successor by Chinese Generals
General Chiwenga hails China
End-games: Mugabe feeds on lies and deceit - Analysts
The royal geographical society presents: “If Good Men do Nothing, Evil Will Prevail”
Education in Focus As Rural Schools Outperform Urban Institutions
MDC members exasperated by delay in bail application
Spoilt kids
Posted 10/3/12
Mujuru family in diamond feud
NSSA loses US$14m in shares scandal
GPA only meant to end violence –– Mugabe
River Ranch mine: A poisoned chalice
Chindori-Chininga ouster hits brick wall
ZCTU needs ‘eminent broker’ to reunite fractured
Referendum: Zanu PF holds the aces
AU powerless to deal with dictatorship
Gono sheds light on nostro accounts
Foreign-owned banks resist 75% demand
Banking malpractice source of liquidity crunch
Under fire Zimra boss speaks out
MuckRaker: Musindo stands: A déjà vu moment
Eric Bloch Column: Dimaf a disastrous non-event
Byo industry fund ‘a pie in the sky’
NGOs crucial to Zim democracy
Does Zimbabwe ‘yearn for the yuan’?
Independent Comment: Indigenisation policy: Better model needed
Editor’s Memo: NSSA must fully probe corruption
Candid Comment: Zimbabwe remains a looter’s paradise
Posted 9/3/12
Zimbabwe’s voters roll perfect: Mudede
Registrar General Tobaiwa Mudede exposed
Ncube Threatens To Stall Constitution Making Process
‘New Constitution no guarantee for credible poll’
Generals to stage a coup if Mugabe lose election - PM
MDC-T resolves to prepare for polls
MDC launches booklet on minimum conditions for free and fair poll
Zanu PF threat to sink constitution over devolution
Police ban ZCTU women’s march for International Women’s Day
Attacks on media intensify with increased threats against newspapers
Daily News Ban Must Be Investigated - MISA-Zimbabwe
4 days left in media reform ultimatum
Zimbabwe’s demands for ‘fair share’ of platinum plant threaten to ruin it
Implats dispute with Zimbabwe deepens
Former farmer loses bid to remain in retirement home
500 000 Hectares Of Planted Maize Crop A Write Off - Made
‘Cops roadblocks excessive, used to fundraise for Zanu PF’
Chiefs demand guns
Mugabe meets top Chinese military brass
Mugabe Is King And Should Die In Office - Chief
Zimbabwe Govt. Could Acquire River Ranch Mine
Bail application for MDC members postponed for 3rd time
Granny-headed Households in Zimbabwe under Stress
Honor women by naming and shaming Zimbabwe
End political violence against women: Rau
The MDC Today - Issue 216
MDC Assembly of Women International Women’s Day Statement
PM Tsvangirai’s speech at the launch of the MDC’s minimum conditions for document for a sustainable election in Zimbabwe (CoSEZ) Harare
Pissing on the long-term future in Zimbabwe
Posted 8/3/12
Zuma to visit Zimbabwe for poll talks amid widening rift
Mugabe allies slam SA stance
MDC-T throws down gauntlet to ZANU PF over elections
State takes over Air Zimbabwe debt
Zimbabwe extends Zimplats equity surrender deadline
PTUZ officials arrested in Bulawayo
Chegutu man gets ten years in jail for reconnecting ZESA
Bail application for MDC members postponed again
Information minister has five days to reform media boards
South African Freelance Photojournalist Arrested In Zim
Ministers face axe
NGO ban deplorable: EU
Govt backtracks on Green Fuel deal
Zimbabwe Parliament Demands Urgent Action on 'Ghost Workers'
Robert Mugabe aides hail Cardinal O’Brien for opposition to gay marriage
ZANU woes chiefs
MDC Press Statement 7 March 2012
WOZA: Magistrate refuses to drop Criminal Nuisance charges
Morgan Tsvangirai Prime Minister of Zimbabwe
Zanu-pf seems to be shooting itself in both feet this time
Posted 7/3/12
ZANU PF infuriated by SA Foreign Affairs Minister
Zimbabwe president's party pushes polls this year
NGOs To Tour Marange Diamond Mines
Chinese firms panning for gold in UMP
'Zimbabwe Ministers Looted Free Farming Inputs Meant for Poor Farmers'
Charges against Africom bosses dismissed
Bail application postponed for MDC members
Makone meets UK minister over deportations
MISA criticise ‘empty’ media reform promises
Internet in Zimbabwe still affected by cable damage
Tsvangirai Pained By Deaths Of His Senators and MPs
Small scale miners under threat
Zimbabwe to act on Implats unit after deadlock: paper
Bob 88 participants still to get prizes
Overwhelmed by trash, Zimbabwe's capital launches anti-litter campaign
AFRICA: Challenging the urbanization myths
Press Release from the Zimbabwe (Yes) We Can Movement following the Executive Meeting of 3rd March
Posted 6/3/12
No Zim poll without reforms - SA
Mugabe ally effectively running election body
ZANU PF strongman handed top diamond job
Australia removes 82 people from the Zimbabwe sanctions list
Australia criticised for easing Zim sanctions
Mugabe Dismisses Devolution of Power
Draft constitution to be ready in April
One week left of media reform ultimatum
Fugitive Zimbabwe tycoon ‘in Kenya’
‘Zanu PF abusing children’
Déjà vu as NGOs come under attack
Waste management: Council fails to cope
High court to decide Tuesday on bail application for MDC activists
Indigenisation deprive Zim of $6,3bn
East African undersea cables remain unfixed
Zimbabwe's police getting rich fast
ZESA Billing System Chaotic
Patrick Chinamasa’s statement to the UN Human Rights Council
ZANU-PF and China: does Zimbabwe really ‘yearn for the Yuan?’ – By Andrew C. Miller
Responsibility in the Zimbabwe opportunity
Bill Watch - Parliamentary Committees Series - 5th March 2012 [Meetings Open to Public 5th to 8th March]
Batch 2 Posted 5/3/12
Zimbabwe charities report new state onslaught
Typhoid cases soar in Zimbabwe
Black market dirties Zimbabwe diamond fields
Aussie couple tells of Mugabe assasination claim
Key job for Mugabe ally
Fraud probe: Biti hits back at security bosses
Mpofu buying bank
Riot Police Called To Disperse Warring Zanu PF Factions
Mugabe takes control of constitution process
‘Enemies’ keep Zim going, as Mugabe, Tsvangirai squander resources on luxuries
Ncube's MDC Courts Support From SADC Political Parties
HIV patients exposed to expired drugs
‘Mthwakazi concerns are genuine’
It's impossible for MDC-T to lose elections: Chamisa
MDC 'perched on shifting sand'
Harare Is 51% Male - Harare City Council Survey
Key to economic progress
Mugabe's men who ensure he stays put
Obert Mpofu: Fact sheet
In the face of desperate Zimbabwe poverty, a Jewish woman provides hope
France grabs loot of Mr I’ll Take the Lot
A few questions . . . Zimbabwe Vigil Diary: 3rd March 2012
Bill Watch 8/2012 of 4th March [Revival of Electoral Amendment Bill and Human Rights Commission Bill]
Posted 5/3/12
Cops, soldiers nabbed in Chinhoyi gold rush
Zanu PF youth leader accuses chefs of corruption
Top ZBC official arrested
‘Ministers of state useless’
Parly Speaker applauds arrest of corrupt MPs
Govt mulls new plan to rescue ethanol project
Zimsec fails to pay markers
Human trafficking rampant in Zimbabwe
Chinese, Nigerians shun banks
Hardships in SA blamed for increase in suicides
Council engages new chemical supplier
Zapu falls on hard times
Nation’s maize crop wilting, says ZFU
Recapitalisation: Banks submit proposals to RBZ
Chatunga ambition: Is Mugabe dreaming of a family dynasty?
How Zanu PF has stolen polls since 1980
Zim’s anti-people stance on Syria
Erom the Editor's Desk:Lots of lessons to learn from Senegal’s election
Posted 4/3/12
Ministry applies for bail-out to curb typhoid
Zuma ropes-in Khama in Zimbabwe mediation
ICC, glorified kangaroo court: Chinamasa
Touts fight running battles with ZANU thugs
Tollgate funds plundered
Third land audit on cards
MDC-T Senator Chitsa Dies
Sikhala no political threat: Moyo
Justice Minister Backs Moscow, Beijing on Syrian Regime
Constitution Committee Rejects Talk of Two-Week Deadline
ZANU-PF control of distribution of international food aid
ZBC journalist asks minister to re-read speech!
Farmers Tackle Water Problems Fuelled by Climate Change
This cricket commentator is one of the most remarkable in the world
Piglets in single file
Elections
Posted 3/3/12
Third MP arrested for abusing development fund
Zanu PF Youths Detain Town Clerk
Lack of funding stalls hospital project
Govt set to acquire River Ranch mine
Corruption rocks NSSA
10 days left of media reform ultimatum
Misa-Zimbabwe Community Radio Initiatives Come Under Fire
Its Time to Invest in Zimbabwe:Chamisa
Chihuri sucked in underwear fight
Glen View residents taken back into custody
Govt ‘contradictions’ damaging Zim investment future
Local assets in Zimbabwe ‘are secure’
Message -- Continuation of the National Emergency with Respect to the Situation in Zimbabwe
Banks to return US$200m in offshore funds
President Urge MPs to Reveal HIV Status to Fight Stigma
I can’t amend Section 121: Tomana
Transcript of Harare Mayor on Question Time: Part 1
The demented defiance of a despot: Robert Mugabe at 88
Independent Comment: Let’s learn from our mistakes
Editor’s Memo: Elections: Road to reform or another dead end?
Leadership without respect
Batch 2 Posted 2/3/12
Police persist with PM house deal probe
Constitution-drafters’ contracts extended
Scepticism over govt’s rights move
Chihuri defies High Court order
MDC-T Byo in turmoil
Currency regime: Where do we go now from here?
New measures to ease liquidity crunch
Bank deposits up but liquidity crunch persists
We must insist on reforms before polls
MuckRaker: Does anybody else get a chance to lead?
Eric Bloch Column: The banking crisis, far-reaching effects
Jury still out on Zim economic outlook
Nothing illegal about seeking regime change
Parallels between Greece and Zimbabwe
Candid Comment: 60% capacity utilisation? My foot!
Statement On The Expulsion Of Mr Ephraim Tapa From Zimbabwe We Can
Posted 2/3/12
Zimbabwe’s prime minister tries to lure foreign investors despite unity government’s problems
Zimbabwe Seeking 'Lost' Diamond Revenue
Zimbabwe ministers disagree on indigenisation, Zimplats and missing diamond mine millions
Zimbabwe poll politics hurting investment: Tsvangirai
Hospital in darkness
Harare Council ‘not in control’ as typhoid continues to spread
Aid groups under surveillance as provinces demand illegal “fees”
Minister of State involved in political violence and murder
Zimbabwe Commuter Bus Operators, NGOs, Allege Official Shakedowns
China hands over 15,000 tons of wheat and rice to Zimbabwe drought victims
Zanu PF MP ‘swindles’ CDF money
Councillor Rubbishes EU's 5,2 m Health Donation
Zimbabwe Health Sector Severely Understaffed, Official Tells Parliament
Still no sign of media reforms with 11 days left in ultimatum
Mugabe admits AIDS deaths
A lean season ahead
Williams and Mahlangu appear in Court and more harassment after protests
MISA-Zimbabwe Statement on community radio initiatives
Tsvangirai speech at Investment Promotion Conference
Zimbabwe Inclusive Government Watch : Issue 35 & 36
Posted 1/3/12
Typhoid slowly engulfing Zimbabwe
Former adviser says Gono stole millions from RBZ
Carpenter In Trouble Over Mugabe Birthday Bash
Church leaders push for reforms before elections
Labour leaders briefly detained at protest march in Harare
Civil servants urged to play dirty tricks on MDC
CIO agent held over attempt to extort ZIFA CEO
12 days left of media reform ultimatum
Gwisai tells court Mugabe must go
Zim's indigenisation minister blasts Implats CEO
Implats says will not exit Zimbabwe
Churches and civic groups join search for missing activist
ZMC Sets Police Against Foreign Newspapers
Red tape stalls ethanol project
Zimbabwe Health Officials Scramble As Typhoid Spreads Beyond Harare
Another Zimbabwe Legislator Detained in Probe by Anti-Corruption Commission<
Dairy plant for Gushungo
EU keen on lifting beef ban
Mutambara Top Ally Resigns
Pride of lions loose in Zaka, Bikita
Women face maternity horror at public hospitals
Surviving Chikurubi horror
Music Freedom Day a Challenge in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe in no hurry to reform the media before elections
Constitution Watch of 29th February 2012 [New Time Frame for Constitution-Making Process]
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